Senior Backend Engineer - Remote

Nacelle is seeking a talented and experienced Backend Engineer to join their team. This fully remote role requires the candidate to be located within the United States. The role involves developing and enhancing the server-side logic of the platform, creating performance-oriented products, and ensuring smooth backend systems operation. The impact of this role includes delivering bug fixes, stabilizing the system, and participating in feature designs and implementations. Strong experience with data flow and transformations, proficiency in Node.js, and familiarity with distributed systems and microservices are required.

• Develop and maintain server-side code and logic
• Work with big data, optimizing and transforming it to meet business requirements
• Build and maintain new performance-oriented products
• Collaborate with other engineers to design and launch new features
• Ensure high performance and responsiveness of backend services
• Deliver bug fixes with automated tests to improve product quality
• Deliver fully tested code to stabilize the system
• Participate in performance testing to identify improvement opportunities
• Design and implement small features for the product
• Participate in feature designs and implementation of a large product feature
• Research and present architecture design records for new technologies or strategies
• Strong experience with data flow and transformations
• Proficiency in Node.js
• Experience with Kafka, Postgres, Redis, and GraphQL
• Familiarity with distributed systems and microservices
• Must have venture-backed startup experience
• A college degree is required; graduating with honors is a plus
• Embrace ambiguity and test new ideas
• Naturally curious and take initiative to solve problems creatively
• Thrive in a culture that values learning, collaboration, ownership, honesty, and integrity
• Express a point of view but have low ego
• Experience working in the ecommerce space is a plus
• Production Kafka experience is a plus

• Strong experience with data flow and transformations
• Proficiency in Node.js
• Experience with Kafka, Postgres, Redis, and GraphQL
• Familiarity with distributed systems and microservices
• Must have venture-backed startup experience
• A college degree is required; graduating with honors is a big plus
• Experience working in the ecommerce space
• In production Kafka experience
• Love embracing some ambiguity and testing new ideas
• Naturally curious and take initiative to creatively solve problems
• Thrive in a culture that values learning, collaboration, ownership, honesty, and integrity
• Express a point of view but are low ego

• Competitive compensation packages
• Stock options
• Robust benefits packages which include medical, dental, vision, HSA/FSA, as well as employer-paid life insurance, and short/long-term disability
• 401(k) with an employer match
• Unlimited Mental Health Teledoc appointments
• Paid parental leave
• Unlimited PTO in addition to paid holidays and sick days
• Monthly wifi stipend
• Home office setup budget